Texas education leaders are seeking to remove Helen Keller and Hillary Clinton from public schools’ mandatory curriculum.The Texas State Board of Education gave preliminary approval Friday for the curriculum changes, the Austin American-Statesman and The Dallas Morning News reported. A work group proposed the change for third-graders’ mandatory curriculum about Keller, who became deaf and blind before she was 2 years old due to an illness, earned a college degree in 1904, turned into an advocate for people with disabilities and met with world leaders. The work group also moved to strike Hillary Clinton, the first female presidential nominee for a major political party, from its mandatory U.S. history high school curriculum, among other changes. The changes can be amended before a final vote in November, the news outlets reported. According to dallasnews.com, two teachers in the work group said state requirements about so many historical figures resulted in rote memorization of dates and names instead of real learning.

A work group proposed the change for third-graders’ mandatory curriculum about Keller, who became deaf and blind before she was 2 years old due to an illness, earned a college degree in 1904, turned into an advocate for people with disabilities and met with world leaders.

The work group also moved to strike Hillary Clinton, the first female presidential nominee for a major political party, from its mandatory U.S. history high school curriculum, among other changes.

The changes can be amended before a final vote in November, the news outlets reported.

According to dallasnews.com, two teachers in the work group said state requirements about so many historical figures resulted in rote memorization of dates and names instead of real learning.